Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-12-20
A TERRIBLE ORDEAL.
A Bashful Young Farmer Sleeps
With His Sweetheart, Never
Discovers It Until Morn
ing, and She Doesn't
Know 1t Yet.
Gowsnsboro Messenger


"Would you believe that l slept
with that lady omce?" physically re-
marked reputable farmer whose
beard is tinged with gray, as hand
some matron of probably forty years
passed on the street.
"Now calculated his companion,
aghast at the suggestion.
swell, it is fact, said the farmer
"and I'll tell you all aboutit. TWEEN
ty years and more ago her family and
mine were nearest neighbors, though
we lived mile and half apart. She
was Just budding into womanhood
and |, though twenty-five, had never
had 4 sweetheart. But she won my
heart. L thought she was the prettiest
girl had ever seen, and l reckon l
wasn't far wrong. L was bashful like
many country boys, but l managed
TO let her know my feelings without
ever saying anything to her on the
subject, and L fattered myself the
love was not all on one side.
"One evening l knocked of work
early and got on my horse aud start
cd 10 frolic several miles away, tell
ing my mother l would not be back
until next day.
"Soon after left, as l afterward
learned, this young lady came over to
see my mother, who had no daugh-
tiers aud was very fond Of her. In
less than an hour a fearful storm
came up and lasted the remainder OF
the evening. 1t was too bad for the
girl to go home and my mother pre-
vailed upon her TO stay all night. As
1 was away she gave her my room.
Compelled by the storm TO stop
for shelter, L found l could not
reach the place where the dance
was to be given in time, and after
night returned home. The lights
were all out, and after putting up
my horse concluded to get to my
room without disturbing the old
folks. 1 climbed upon the low kitch-
en- roof and passed into my room
through back window. The storm
had passed away and by the moon
light shining in the room l saw
somebody in my bed. Some old
Methodist circuit rider / grumbled
to myself, thinking such guest had
stopped for the night, aud shocking
my clothes l went around on the
other side of the bed aud rolled in
and was soon sound asleep.
'1n the morning, just at the crack
of dawn, l aUoke, and remembering
my bed-fellow 1 rolled over TO exam
inc him. You can't imagine my
horror when 1 discovered that it
was a woman and the woman of all
others TO me. But l shall never for
get how pretty she looked-God bless
her innocent soul las she lay there
still peacefully sleeping and uncon-
scious of my presence. But how
scared l was! And l didn't know
what to do. Finally, 1 collected my
wits and determined to get out Of
there without allowing her to dis
cover me. stsalthily crept out Of
bed, but the bed creaked, my bones
seemed to crack as loud az gun cap.
1 was thoroughly terrorized aud my
blood ran cold. l reached for my
clothes, gathered them up in my
arms, crept to the window, which l
had fortunately left open, and sprang
out upon that kitchen roof and then
to the ground like a wild cat, and
made bee llne for the stable.
81 had hardly dressed when my
father came out TO feed, and pre-
tended that had just got in from
my trip. That was a terrible ordeal.
l never told 4 soul for a long time
and the girl don't know it until this
day. went of to Texas and stayed
a couple of years. She married
another fellow, and, by and by, 1
found another girl"